Ralcorp Holdings Inc et al v. Frito-Lay North America Inc

Filing 37

ORDER that Kevin A Crass, Jamie Huffman Jones, David W. Harlan, and Mark Hostetler are hereby authorized to bring electronic devices into the courthouse in Little Rock on 3/19/12. Signed by Chief Judge J. Leon Holmes on 3/19/12. (vjt)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS
NORTHERN DIVISION
RALCORP HOLDINGS, INC.,
a Missouri corporation; and
MEDALLION FOODS, INC., an
Arkansas corporation
v.

PLAINTIFFS

No. 1:12CV00018 JLH

FRITO-LAY NORTH AMERICA, INC.,
a Delaware corporation

DEFENDANT
ORDER

KEVIN A. CRASS, JAMIE HUFFMAN JONES, DAVID W. HARLAN, and MARK
HOSTETLER, counsel for plaintiff in this matter, are hereby authorized to bring a cell phone, laptop
computer, or personal digital assistant into the courthouse in Little Rock, Arkansas, on Monday,
March 19, 2012, subject to the following rules:
(a)

The devices mentioned above may not be used to record, photograph, or film anyone
or anything inside the courthouse.

(b)

Cell phones must be turned off and put away when in the courtroom.

(c)

Wireless internet components of electronic devices must be deactivated when in
district courtrooms.

(d)

Before persons with electronic devices are granted entry into the courthouse, all
devices must be examined by the United States Marshals Service or Court Security
Personnel. This examination includes, but is not limited to placing the device through
electronic screening machines and requiring the person possessing the device to turn
the power to the device off and on.

(e)

The United States Marshals Service may further restrict electronic devices from
entering the building should a threat assessment so dictate.

A violation of paragraph (a), (b), or (c) may result in seizure of the electronic device,
withdrawal of the privilege to bring an electronic device into the courthouse, or other sanctions. A
violation of the prohibition on recording, photographing, or filming anyone or anything inside the
courthouse may be punished as contempt of court.
SIGNED this 19th day of March, 2012.

J. LEON HOLMES
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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